bozal
See also: Bozal
English
Etymology
From Spanish bozal (“recently-imported slave; noseband”). Doublet of bossale and bosal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boʊˈzæl/, /boʊˈsæl/[1]
Noun
bozal (plural bozals)
- (historical) A (black) slave recently brought to a (European, especially Spanish) colony from Africa.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of bosal (“noseband on a horse”)
- 2005, Lee Ziegler, Easy-Gaited Horses: Gentle, humane methods for training and riding gaited pleasure horses, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 54:
- The more tightly these nosebands are attached, the more the horse is likely to raise his head and nose. For ordinary pleasure riding, attach this equipment to allow one or two fingers sideways between the bozal and the underside of the jaw.
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Synonyms
- salt water slave, bossale (slave born in Africa, especially in a French colony)
Adjective
bozal (not comparable)
- (historical) Of a slave, recently brought to a colony from Africa.
See also
- creole, Creole
- Ladino
References
- “bozal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Spanish
Etymology
From bozo (“muzzle”) + -al, from Medieval Latin *buccĕus (“relating or belonging to the mouth”). See bucca for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /boˈθal/ [boˈθal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /boˈsal/ [boˈsal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bo‧zal
Noun
bozal m (plural bozales)
- a muzzle; device to stop an animal from biting
- a noseband, usually on a horse bridle or halter
- a bozal or bossale
Adjective
bozal (plural bozales)
- wild, untamed
- (historical) (of a black slave) recently-arrived (in a colony), having been born in Africa
- ignorant, simpleminded
Related terms
- bozo
Further reading
- “bozal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014